Safety device for wringers



T. ADAMS SAFETY DEVICE FOR WRINGERS Fil d Feb,12, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheen April 1 1927. 1,624,706

I INVENTOR ATTORN EY WITNESS:

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Patented Apr. 12, 1927.

THOMAS ADAMS OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR W'RINGrEItS.

Application filed February 12', 1927. Serial No. 167,801.-

This invention relates to a safety attachment for clothes wringers, the general b- 7 jec'tof the invention being to provide means for preventing the fingers of the operator from getting between the rolls of the wringer.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for causing the clothes to pass to the rolls of the wringer as they are placed in the attachment.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the device can be easily and quickly attached to the wringer.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim. f

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sev- 5 eral views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention attached to a wringer. I

Figure 2 is an elevation of the attachment.

Figure 3 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a View of the inner end ofthe attachment.

Figure 5 is a. section on line 5-5 of F igends of the side pieces 2, with its extremity bent upon itself to produce the, roll? at the outer end of the device. This roll is arranged on top of the bottom piece. Strips 4 are 4 fastened to the inner ends of'the side pieces 2 and these strips have their upper ends bent into hook shape, as shown at 5, so that 1 these strips can engage the end pieces of the wringer A, as shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that'5O the attachment can be easily and quicklyv placed on a wringer and when in position it 1s simply necessary to place the clothes on the curved portion of the device, when they will slide down the same against the rollcrs which will grip portions thereof and thus draw the clothes through they wringer. The roll 3 acts to guide the clothes as they are brought up out of the washing machine or tub and it is not necessary to use the hands to feed the clothes between the'rollers so that there is no danger of the operator being injured by having his hands caught between the rollers of the wringer. The drawings show the device applied to an electrically operated wringer, but, of course,it could be applied to any kind of a wrmger.

It is thought from the foregoing description that theadvantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent. I

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall with-' in the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is An attachment for a wringer comprising a trough-shaped member having the inner v portion of its bottom flat and the outer porso tion curving upwardly and outwardly, the outer end of the bottom part extending beyond the side pieces of the trough and having its extremity bent upon itself to providea roll atthe outer end of its top face and a s5 hookat the inner end of each side piece for engaging the upper enclsof the end piecesof a wringer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS ADAMS. 

